While now it seems there is a 100-mile race almost every weekend, not too long ago there were just five 100-mile races in the United States. There were the two original races, Old Dominion and Western States, and then two other Grand Slam of Ultrarunning... Read more

It’s Monday at 8:30 a.m. and I’m standing at the front of my first-year English Lit class; we’ve been at this for a few months now and so it’s pretty informal. Over the weekend I’ve had them read Edgar Allan Poe’s story ‘A Tell-Tale Heart’,... Read more

Anyone who has raced often enough knows it’s only a matter of time until one will have a prolonged tough stretch in a race, or even an entire race that seems to go poorly. No matter who you are you will have times in which you are not able to run anywhere... Read more

For the past four years, I have been fortunate to make the Hardrock Hundred lottery, granting me the privilege to take part in one of my favorite running events each July. The trip down to the San Juans has become an annual ritual that I look forward... Read more

Morgan Arritola added her third US Mountain Running Championships title with a win this past weekend in Bend, Oregon. In the following interview, Morgan talks about how she approached the race, why she avoids garbage miles, where she’ll be racing... Read more

After taking second last year, Patrick Smyth is now the U.S. champion after winning the 2015 US Mountain Running Championships in Bend, Oregon. In the following interview, Patrick talks about how the men’s race was more dynamic than it might have... Read more

Former World Mountain Running Champion Kasie Enman will be headed back to worlds after taking second at the 2015 US Mountain Running Championships. In the following interview, Kasie talks about how her race went, how the U.S. team looks heading into worlds,... Read more

A few weeks after taking second at the World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships in Zermatt, Switzerland, Andy Wacker took second this weekend at the US Mountain Running Championships. In the following interview, Andy talks about how his race... Read more

Kimber Mattox made her US Mountain Running Championships debut this weekend in Bend, Oregon. She ran a strong race to take third and make her first U.S. Mountain Running Team. In the following interview, Kimber talks about how she’s taking on new... Read more

With his third-place finish at the 2015 US Mountain Running Championships, Joe Gray has made his record-setting eighth-straight U.S. Mountain Running Team. In the following interview, Joe talks about what it’s like to make so many USMR teams, how... Read more

The Speedgoat 50k and the US Mountain Running Championships topped the weekend’s card, while the Burning River 100 Mile and the White River 50 Mile also took place. The U.S. Skyrunner Series returns next weekend.
Speedgoat 50k – Snowbird Resort, Utah
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Morgan Arritola (pre-race and post-race interviews) and Patrick Smyth (pre-race and post-race interviews) became the 2015 US Mountain Running Champions today at the 2015 US Mountain Running Championships. In addition to being crowned national champs,... Read more

Patrick Smyth hasn’t even been competitively trail running for two years yet. However, he’s already taken second at the US Mountain Running Championships last year, placed 10th at the 2014 World Mountain Running Championships, and set a new... Read more

Kasie Enman won the World Mountain Running Championships in 2011 and has multiple top finishes at the US Mountain Running Championships (USMRC). This weekend, she’s in Bend to try to make the U.S. Mountain Running Team again. In the following interview,... Read more